Kawasaki Saki: "Agreed."
They simply couldn't imagine Rei Ao in the same "human nuke" category as those other fighters.
Eriri: "Hmph. So you're saying Rei Ao is even stronger than they are. That's our guy, all right."
Sayuri: "Haha, Eriri, are you proud of your boyfriend?"
Eriri: "N-no, I'm not! Stupid Mom!"
Sayuri: "How cute~"
Futaba Rio: "From a scientific standpoint, humans like that shouldn't exist."
Futaba Rio: "But science doesn't apply to them."
Futaba Rio: ""
Rio found herself unable to argue further. Even the strange connection between her and Futaba could only be barely explained away by quantum entanglement. Right now, she just hoped Futaba and Rei Ao wouldn't get up to anything too bizarre.
Shin: "Is she talking to herself?"
Yukinoshita Yukino: "They're two personalities sharing the same account."
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "We all know that, but whenever I see it in the group, it still feels a bit odd."
In the main group chat:
Shiba Miyuki: "This is truly astonishing."
She had originally thought the battle between Esdeath and 'King of Salt' Yichir Hyakuya was shocking enough. She never expected there to be an even more jaw-dropping display of power. Compared to them, any form of magic seemed inferior to a single punch or kick from these people.
Misaka Mikoto: "Are all people from other worlds this terrifying?"
Yotsuya Miko: "Ugh, I'm just an ordinary person"
Rei Ao: "Different worlds have their distinctions, and besides, they're among the strongest in their world."
Rei Ao: "Naturally, this fight is only a warm-up spar."
Kasuga Hijiri: "For something like this to just be a warm-up, it's embarrassing for the rest of us."
Frieren: "So how did this fight even start?"
Sui: "I'm curious, too."
Izawa Shizue: "Zard-nee and Grynd-nee are Milim's aunts. Because Milim challenged Rei Ao-kun, they"
Kat Megumi: "That'squite the surprise."
Yukinoshita Yukino: ""
Hiiragi Shinoa: "Two aunts are beating up their own niece over a man they like. I have no comment."
Yomogawa Ayame: "If someone challenged Rei Ao-sama, I wouldn't hold back either."
Busujima Saeko: "I wouldn't mind cutting them down with my sword, either."
"Wow, aren't you two taking this a bit too far?"
Takagi Saya shrank her neck at the murderous aura from the two.
"Hehe, Saya, if you start bad-mouthing Rei Ao-kun, I wouldn't mind educating you properly for my husband, you 'unfilial daughter.'"
Takagi Yuriko, gently rubbing her still-flat belly, spoke in a chilling tone.
"Huh? 'Unfilial daughter'?! Mom, d-don't say weird things!"
At the thought of something extremely creepy, Takagi Saya's face went pale.
"You're all so close~"
Nodding in satisfaction, Marikawa Shizuka watched everyone. However, there was also a faint loneliness in her eyes. Next to her, she was holding little Alice, who looked incredibly shy; no one knew what Alice was thinking.
The chat's reactions left Misaka Mikoto flabbergasted.
Misaka Mikoto: "@Rei Ao, I have a question for you."
Rei Ao: "Go ahead."
Misaka Mikoto: "Are you really human?"
Rei Ao: "?"
Frieren: "Be carefulif you talk about Rei Ao like that, the group might come after you~"
Misaka Mikoto: "Cough, cough. I'm starting to strongly suspect he's secretly a succubus, but a male one! Otherwise, why is everyone in the chat so obsessed with him? It's scary, you know!"
Frieren: "Oho, that's quite the bold hypothesis."
Rei Ao: "Stop making random guesses. I have nothing to do with succubi."
Misaka Mikoto: "Then how do you explain how everyone in the chat is both worshiping you and infatuated with you? It's kinda terrifying!"
Stella: "Agreed! We'd like an explanation!"
Rei Ao: "Tsk. Do I even need to say it? Obviously: skill, effort, stamina, and endurance."
Yes, he meant that in every sense of the word.
Those in the chat who got the hint blushed. Those who didn't get it just looked confused.
Misaka Mikoto: "You've got to be kidding me."
Inori: "Excuse me, are you human?"
Tohru: "I'm not human. I'm a dragon, by the way who are you?"
Mabel: "Never heard of you."
The name that had just appeared in the chat left everyone startledthis person was speaking for the first time.
Shiba Miyuki: "Inori must be someone who joined the chat along with Miko."
Sui: "Oh yeah, her. I remember she's never spoken before."
Akame: "Even if we pinged her, she never replied."
Sakurajima Mai: "Rei Ao, can you stop for a second? The newcomer is talking!"
Rei Ao: "Doesn't bother me. Besides, aren't you the one pushing me right now? Stopping here would beinconvenient."
Stella: "Something about you two seems off."
Something is indeed happening, but not for the wrong reason.
Yukinoshita Yukino: "@Inori, why did you only speak up now?"
Sensing the weirdness too, Yukinoshita proactively changed the subject, not wanting the conversation to linger on whatever Rei Ao and Mai seemed to be doingtime to maintain a wholesome chat environment!
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Chapter 279: They're not a dream, right?
Inori had received a new mission.
That was to steal the Void Genome from the GHQ branch.
At the moment, she was waiting for the Funeral Parlor to locate the exact position of the Void Genome and the route map.
During her idle time before the mission, Inori once again paid attention to that chat group that only she could see.
The conversations between all sorts of people appeared so incredibly real.
And the unbelievable battles streamed there felt utterly dreamlike.
Inori truly did not know if they were actually human.
This was the first time she spoke in the chat group.
Kato Megumi: "This new member seems really confused, but all the information from the chat group should already have been transmitted into your mind."
Inori: "Yes, there is indeed a lot more knowledge in my head now, it's just"
Rei Ao: "You're just not sure whether to believe it or not. That kind of doubt is normal."
Rei Ao: "But it doesn't really matter whether you believe it. As long as you don't share your secrets that you don't want to share, you can still speak freely about everything else."
Rei Ao: "As for the question you just asked, most of us are human, but there are exceptions."
Frieren: "Also an elf."
Sui: "An elf as well."
Inori: "Elf I feel like I've heard that word before."
Yomogawa Ayame: "In any case, it's a good thing that this new member is willing to communicate."
Stella: "The happiest person is definitely Rei Ao. Another female member for him to make trades with."
Rei Ao: "Are you a worm in my stomach or something?"
Stella: "Ugh, who wants to be a worm?!"
Rei Ao: "@Inori, if you need any help, you can ask me to trade anytime."
Inori: "Need help can you make the world peaceful?"
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Forgive me for saying so, but where there is life, there can be no true peace, unless"
Tohru: "Unless you wipe out all life."
Yotsuya Miko: "Eek!!!"
Shiba Miyuki: "Let's not suddenly talk about heavy realities like that."
Rei Ao: "This so-called 'world peace' is too broad. Telling me to stand on one side and destroy the other is quite easylike the Apocalypse Virus."
Inori: "You know about the Apocalypse Virus?"
Rei Ao: "I know all sorts of random things. It's nothing to be surprised about."
Rei Ao: "Aside from the Apocalypse Virus, I might also be able to make you a true 'human being,' or let you clearly see that the person who saved you is actually just using you."
Inori: ""
Inori's gaze lacked the liveliness humans should have, but at that moment there was a flicker of emotion.
Because of Rei Ao's words.
She had never really thought of herself as a true human. She didn't understand human emotions, so she longed to comprehend humanity and become human.
Second.
The one who saved her was using her He meant Gai Tsutsugami.
Inori was already aware of such a possibility.
Since she joined Funeral Parlor, she had completed every mission flawlessly, supposedly as a way to repay him in a conventional sense.
But in fact, she personally had no direction for independent action.
Carrying out missions was the only thing she could do.
What Rei Ao said didn't make her ask for a trade, but it planted a seed in her heart.
After that, she didn't speak again.
"You seem very interested in that Inori?" Mai asked, panting.
"Maybe."
Rei Ao shrugged, withdrawing his gaze from the chat group.
An empty, hollow girl.
That was his assessment of Inori.
And it was related to her innate lack of emotion from being born a clone.
Of course
Rei Ao was simply drawn to Inori's beauty.
"Let's not talk about other people. Now, Mai, are you still jealous?"
"???"
Hold on!
Seeing that the conversation had suddenly shifted back to herself, Maistill hunched over and trying to catch her breathwas stunned.
"I-I'm not jealous anymore Wait!"
Too late.
Rei Ao grinned and said, "I think you're still jealous, Mai, so let's continue."
The next day.
Each person with their own thoughts arrived at school.
Third-year Class A.
Furuhashi Fumino kept glancing at Ogata Rizu.
Meanwhile, Ogata Rizu seemed distracted, as though lost in thought.
Dingalinglingling!!!
And so the situation stayed this way until the recess bell rang.
Neither of them had absorbed anything during class.
"!"
Suddenly Furuhashi Fumino saw Ogata Rizu stand up with a determined expression, as if she had made up her mind, and walk out of the classroom.
"Where's she going?"
Furuhashi Fumino, biting her nail, quietly followed her, thinking about how to stop whatever might be going on between Rei Ao and Rizu Ogata.
Ogata Rizu arrived at Class 3C.
She wanted to have a proper talk with Rei Ao.
Just as she was at a loss about how to call Rei Ao out, Rei Ao noticed her and walked out himself.
"Ogata-san."
"!"
Ogata Rizu looked up, startled.
Seeing Rei Ao's strange expression, he said, "I had a feeling you were looking for me, so I came out. Do you want to talk?"
"Yes."
He had basically said what she was about to say, so Ogata Rizu could only nod stiffly.
"In that case, let's go up to the rooftop."
The classic scene on a school rooftop.
The two walked one after the other without saying another word.
Behind them, a figure watched in shock.
It was Furuhashi Fumino, who had secretly followed Ogata Rizu there.
"As I thought there's definitely something going on between them!"
Previously, it had been only a suspicion.
But now, seeing this scene, she was practically certain.
"I have to stop them!"
Furuhashi Fumino, who had long resolved to protect the precious little friendship boat they had, looked determined as she followed them.
Rooftop.
Rei Ao and Ogata Rizu faced each other for a while.
But she still hadn't spoken.
"Sigh."
Rei Ao sighed wearily.
"Ogata-san, just standing here silent won't work. Need me to give you a starting line?"
"For instance, 'Nice weather today.'"
Ogata Rizu reflexively looked up at the sky.
She couldn't see the sun, and faint clouds drifted past.
A cloudy day like that could hardly be called 'nice weather.'
"Pfft."
She couldn't help but giggle.
That was just too forced a conversation starter.
But the mood did lighten up quite a bit.
"Rei Ao-kun, I didn't expect you to joke around."
After calming down from her brief laugh, Ogata Rizu finally gathered her resolve and asked seriously, "Rei Ao-kun, what happened yesterdaywas it not a dream?"
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Chapter 280 Responsibilities as a Teacher...
After letting everything settle overnight, Rizu Ogata had already come to terms with all that she experienced yesterday.
Whether it was a different world, the Quetzalcoatl God, or even Rei Ao, who clearly had a mysterious identityshe could accept them all.
However
She still wanted to hear definitive information from Rei Ao directly. Only then could she fully put her mind at ease.
"I can tell you very clearly that everything that happened yesterday was real."
Rei Ao's reply was the final reassurance she needed.
"As I thought."
Learning the truth actually lifted a huge weight from Rizu Ogata's heart.
"Besides that, do you have any other questions?"
"Mm."
She gave a small nod and blinked her curious big eyes. All she could see in them was Rei Ao.
"What are they talking about? I can't hear a thing."
Behind the door to the rooftop, Fumino Furuhashi pressed her ear against it, trying to eavesdrop on their conversation. But it really was hard to make out anything through the door.
Nevertheless
Her mind was excellent at filling in the blanks.
"They wouldn't be holding hands hugging k-kissing, right?"
In her usual line of thinking, that was exactly what a couple who fancied each other might do at school. Though in her own head, she wasn't entirely convinced they were really a couple.
"I want to get to know you more deeply!!!"
Suddenly, a loud, crystal-clear voice made Fumino's body go rigid.
"Get to know him more deeply?"
In an instant, an outrageous image flashed through her mind. Had they already skipped all the usual steps? No That couldn't be!
In her wild imagination, Fumino failed to notice that the voice actually came from Rizu Ogata.
"No way"
If something like that really happened, their group's relationships would be damaged beyond repair. She absolutely couldn't let that happen!
Bang!
Fumino instinctively flung the door open and shouted, "Stop!!!"
Rizu Ogata, who had just mustered the courage to voice her feelings, turned around in confusion. Never mind why Fumino suddenly showed up at all.
"What do you mean by 'stop?' Huh?"
Rizu Ogata was baffled.
"Stop means stop!"
Eyes tightly shut, Fumino hollered, worried she might see something she shouldn't.
Rei Ao looked at her with a strange expression. "Furuhashi, I'm not sure what you're imagining, but could you open your eyes? We're over here on your left."
""
Hearing Rei Ao's words and realizing there was nothing inappropriate going on, Fumino slowly opened her eyes and glanced to the side. She quickly sized up the pair: their clothes were in order, their expressions were normal. Nothing seemed amiss. That made her breathe a heavy sigh of relief.
